The Missouri Review Editors' Prize Contest

15 August 2010
The Missouri Review Editors' Prize Contest
Deadline: 1 October 2010
Geographical Restrictions: no mention
Reading Fee: $20
Accepts (genre): fiction, poetry, essays
Prize/Payment: $5,000

Editors' Prize Contest
20th Annual
Jeffrey E. Smith
Editors' Prize in
Fiction, Essay and Poetry

Not Just Any Contest!

Select winning entries in the past have been reprinted in the Best Americanseries Click here to see previous winners!

$5,000 Fiction | $5,000 Poetry | $5,000 Essay

We are now accepting submissions for our 2010 contest. Submissions must be postmarked by Oct. 1, 2010.

Complete Guidelines

* Page restrictions: Please include no more than 25 typed, double-spaced pages for fiction and nonfiction. Poetry entries can include any number of poems up to 10 pages in total. Each story, essay, or group of poems constitutes one entry.
* Entry fee: $20 for each entry (make checks payable to The Missouri Review). Each fee entitles the entrant to a one-year subscription to TMR (print or digital!), an extension of a current subscription, or a gift subscription. Please enclose a complete address for subscriptions.
* Entry instructions: Include the printable contest entry form. On the first page of each submission, include author’s name, address, e-mail and telephone number. Entries must be previously unpublished and will not
be returned. Mark the outside of the envelope “Fiction,” “Essay,” or “Poetry.” Each entry in a separate category must
be mailed in a separate envelope. Enclose a #10 SASE or e-mail address for an announcement of winners.

* Mailing address:
Missouri Review Editors’ Prize
357 McReynolds Hall
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211

* Go Green: Enter Online! We are also accepting electronic submissions. Submit electronically here.
* EARLY SUBMISSION BONUS: The entry fee of $20 includes a year-long, 4-issue subscription. To take advantage of our special offer, simply submit your entry between June 1st and June 30th, and your subscription will automatically be upgraded to include a 5th issue, in digital format, for free. You may choose to receive the rest of your subscription in hard copy or in digital format. (Digital format includes full access to our print version—plus the audio version of the magazine.)

If you have any questions regarding the Editors' Prize Contest, please feel free to e-mail us at: contest_question@moreview.com.

The postmark deadline is Oct. 1, 2010.

More information here.
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